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(Seven o'clock the next morning)
Mai sat up in bed and stretched. She crawled over to her husband's side of the queen sized mattress and poked his forehead until he woke up.
"Naruuuu, wakey wakey! It's time to get up!" she sang happily.
The man she was still poking just glared at her, "Since when are you a morning person Mai?"
The woman only smirked and rolled off the bed. She grabbed some clothes and made her way to the bathroom to change. When she came out she was wearing a dark green skirt and a white sweater.
Naru had changed into a pair of black pants, like usual, and he had a navy blue long sleeved shirt on. He and his wife started to make their way over to the base when something shot out in front of them and tripped. It was the little boy from the night before.
Mai ran up and knelt down next to the little black haired boy to help him, "Are you okay?"
The blue eyed child looked up at her and smiled brightly and nodded reassuringly.
He looks just like- Mai was unable to finish her thought as the boy spoke up.
"Hey…you're the nice lady who gave me the bread! I want to thank you since I was never able to last night."
Mai gave a large smile of her own, "You're welcome. Oh, by the way my name is Mai and this is my husband Oliver…but I call him Naru," she whispered the last part. The woman stood up and she patted the little boy on the head. "So where were you off to in such a hurry?"
"I'm on my way down for breakfast. I don't want to be late because all the good food goes really quickly! I'm going to go now!" The raven haired boy said while running down the hall but before he turned the corner he turned around and yelled cheerfully, "Oh! And my name is Gene!"
Naru and Mai stood wide eyed at the spot the boy had been only seconds before.
The brunette woman slowly turned to look at her husband; his eyes seemed blank and he looked to be deep in thought. "Gene?" he mumbled.
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Naru had been acting differently since bumping into that boy, and Mai took notice. The man didn't even ask her for his morning tea! There must be something wrong with him if he doesn't even ask me to make even ONE CUP!
"Ne Naru…it's probably just a coincidence that the boy's name is Gene," Mai tried to comfort her pensive husband.
He just shook his head, "Then why does he look and act like my dead brother?"
"…Coincedence?" Mai answered unsurely.
Naru sighed and looked his wife straight in the eyes, "Mai, I think he's the reincarnation of my twin brother."
Mai gasped and the base door opened to reveal the always beautiful Rika.
"Rika-san, I have a question for you," Naru informed the dark brown haired woman.
She smiled and nodded, "Yes, what is it?"
"When did you find that little boy Gene?"
Rika's smile waned slightly at the boy's name and her eyes held a sad look.
Mai noticed this and jumped in, "I'm sorry Rika-chan. We didn't mean to intrude!"
"It's alright Mai-chan. I just feel sorry for that poor child," the other woman told them.
"Why's that?" this time it was Naru who spoke up.
"Before I moved in here with Terada I used to work at another orphanage. Gene showed up on our doorstep about five years ago. I've been trying my best to get him a good home to go to but…"
"Does no one want him?" Mai asked sadly.
Rika's head snapped up and she waved her hands in front of her, "No, no! Almost everyone that comes here asks about adopting Gene. However, I have made a promise to myself; my promise is that I will not let any child be adopted unless he or she truly wants to go home with that person. Every time someone asks about Gene I always ask him if he wants to be adopted by that family. Every time, however, he refuses and says the same thing: 'They aren't the ones I am supposed to go with'. It confuses me but I will never deny him of staying here."
Naru just sat there and took every bit of information in with interest. "Rika-san, how old is he?"
"I'm not sure. I do know that he's about five years old though. I met him when I worked at the other orphanage. He was left on our doorstep one night nearly five years ago during the spring. He was only a newborn; there was no note or anything," the woman finished sadly.
"Five years huh?" Naru whispered softly yet loud enough for the two women to hear.
Rika nodded and stood up, "I hope that helped you. Oh yeah, I came up here to tell you both that breakfast is being served."
"Alright, thank you Rika-chan. We will be down shortly," Mai told the other woman who was walking out of the base.
"Mai, now I really think that that child is Gene's reincarnation," Naru told his wife. "Gene died five years ago during the spring, and that is when the boy was found on Rika-san's doorstep. I highly doubt that this is just a coincidence anymore."
Mai nodded and hugged the man and laughed lightly, "Shockingly, I agree with you."
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Everyone was in the base after eating a very good breakfast. Naru turned around in hi chair and faced everyone.
"Takigawa, Ayako, Masako, and John go find anyone who has had any experiences with the spirit here. Mai and Madoka, you two split up and check on the cameras and check the temperatures of the rooms. Lon and I will stay here. Go."
Bou-san got up and teasingly bowed, "Yes, master."
Naru rolled his eyes and turned hi attention back to the monitors.
Mai went down to the first floor seeing as the base was on the second and Madoka dibbed it. She sighed and walked down the stairs and felt as if something were following her but when she turned around nothing was there. When she reached a dark empty room which held one of the SPR cameras she came to a stop. She walked in and started checking the temperature of the room when she heard a scared voice.
"Mai-Mai! You have to get out of here! There's something bad in coming!" little Gene begged her.
Mai looked up at the young boy who was standing there with fear in his eyes.
"Gene, what's wrong?" she asked in concern.
"Mai-Mai, there's something bad about to come in here!" he yelled at the woman and ran up to her and tried to pull her towards the door.
The door they were headed towards suddenly slammed shut. Mai tried with all her might to open the door but it wouldn't budge. She heard the sound of a shattering vase in the room they were in.
"Gene, come here!" she grabbed the boy and held him in a protective grasp while things started flying around the room.
The boy in her arms started shaking and crying and she tried her best to calm him. "Shhh, it's okay honey, I won't let it hurt you alright? You trust me don't you?"
Gene nodded his tearstained face and wrapped his arms around Mai's neck. "Mai-Mai, I'm scared. That man has been mad for along time now."
Mai's eyebrows furrowed in confusion while still protecting the boy, "What man…Gene who are you talking about?"
"The man in the corner of the room, he always wells and throws things," Gene pointed while he whimpered and clung on tighter into Mai's embrace.
Mai's eyes widened as she saw the figure of an enraged man in the corner of the room where Gene had pointed. It was a ghost. If Gene could see spirits then that meant…he was a-
CRASH!
Mai screamed as a bottle shattered against the wall right next to her head. She turned towards around to keep Gene between her and the wall to further protect the boy from any possible harm.
"MAI!" she heard Naru's voice on the other side of the door.
"Naru! Help, the door won't open!" she pleaded before screaming again as another bottle came inches away from her face.
"Mai, get away from the door, I'm going to bust it down!"
"H-Hai!"
Two seconds later the door was smashed open and Naru ran over to block Mai from another bottle flying straight towards her. He groaned as it shattered on his back. Bou-san and Ayako were busy trying to exorcize the spirit but it disappeared before they could get rid of it for good.
"Naru!" Mai yelled as her husband fell to the floor in pain. She was passed Gene over to Ayako and bent down to see if the narcissist was okay.
The wound on his back from the shattered pieces of glass didn't look too bad but she was still worried. Bou-san came and helped her lift the other man up and supported him as they walked back towards the base.
Ayako was following behind with Gene in her arms, trying to calm the boy but he was still scared. "Mai-Mai. I want Mai-Mai, Onegai! (please!)"
Ayako nodded and waked over to Mai and gave the young child to the other woman as she took over supporting the wounded Naru with Bou-san.
Gene instantly calmed down in Mai's arms and fell asleep. The woman couldn't help but smile at the cute child in her arms.
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